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How can I boost the volume on my Droid's speaker?

I used to have an app for my Treo called "Volume Care" that let me boost the volume of my speaker beyond what the factory settings allowed. … I am not looking for just any volume control app, I have one, I know of many, and believe it or not I am capable of searching the market for the word "volume." …
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How can I boost the music volume higher than the max limit?

How can I boost it beyond the maximum volume? On Linux I can do this with ALSA; is there a way to do it in Android? Follow up: All of them are paid media players so FREE is almost unavailable. …
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How does changing the mixer_paths.xml increase volume?

I've been trying to boost the maximum volume obtainable through the audio jack of my phone (Nexus 5). … To change the Headphone volume: Find: <path name="headphones"> Look for these strings below it: "HPHL Volume" value="15" "HPHR Volume" value="15" Again all we are changing is the values (ensure both are …
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How can I increase the number of volume levels?

Is it possible to increase the number of steps in the volume control? I'd like a finer grained control over the volume level. I have a Galaxy Nexus. … Note: I don't want to boost the volume just change the number of levels so I can find a sweet spot when listening to music. …
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Using alsa mixer (root) to boost sound in an intelligent way

I'm looking for a way to boost the headphone output of my Moto X (2013). I have rooted it and installed Alsa Mixer so I should be able to run shell scripts and modify it. The thing is.. … What I'm trying to do: - Boost the volume using a compressor (like radio stations tend to do) - Maybe apply a limiter after that just to be sure I don't blow up my headphones. …
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How can I make my Samsung Galaxy Nexus volume go louder than what stock allows?

I find the media volume to not be very loud on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus and would like to somehow "boost" it beyond what stock Android allows. … Is there a way that I can "boost" my phone's volume / make it louder that works on Android 4.0? …
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Galaxy Nexus ringtones and notifications too quiet

I have maxed all the volume sliders in settings and the volume rocker on the side, and tried the more obnoxious ringtones included stock, but it is still fairly quiet. … How can I boost the volume of ringtone and text notifications? …
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Android phone water damage or changed setting?

I've been looking for ways to increase or boost my microphone volume but I haven't found anything. … I've tried the "secret" dial pad codes, of which none worked - the code is deleted from the dial pad and nothing shows up and some applications that let you increase your voice volume - the volume was …
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Updating OTA after changing /etc/system files

I manually modified /system/etc/mixer_paths.xml in order to boost volume on my Nexus 5 when listening to music with a headset. …
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Notification sound is too loud when listening to music with a headset

I checked my sound settings, and I have the volume for notifications very low. I verified the volume in settings -> sounds and vibration -> volume. … Why do my notifications use such a high volume to interrupt my music? Is there a setting I'm overlooking to prevent notification volume from being boosted while music is playing? …
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